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Mink I love this thread, it's keeping me sane! Out of work at the moment now too (theatre stage technician and rigger so heavy lifting and working up ladders, not a hope of it! super sickened cos its into festival season now and I'm usually off galavanting round the country doing sound, cabin fever eat your heart out!) so just stuck at home now taking it out on my poor garden, actually going mental! Finding I have absolutely nothing to talk about when people do call over or meet me out only what's been done round the house and what's going on with baby, so its great to have this to come on to blab away without knowing you're boring the pants off people!
Java, I have the exact same kicks out the sides now for the last week or so, and the occasional (rather painful!) poke of something finger like out through the belly button, and the off time on to the bones of my hip and rib cage simultaneously! He's getting very strong lately, and I'm starting to get very fed up of it, so uncomfortable! All day every day.
Anyone else finding their appetite gone to shi*e lately? also constantly short of breath, baby must be building himself an extension up into my rib cage! Seriously, July actually can't come fast enough, even though the thought of getting him out is scaring the bejaysus out of me! Should probably do an aul antenatal class or something, though very much not wanting the breastfeeding thing pushed at me like some of ye were saying, I'm not too into the whole idea to be honest, know its better for baby yada yada, and I feel a bit guilty over feeling this way, but I can't even think about it without getting very very odd about it
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I noticed that too!!
But we're better than a TV soap in here, we've had non-stop drama from day one with bleeds, hospital stays, trips and falls, and even a wedding to brighten everything up!
Not to mention the day to day, pregnancy stuff that we're all very vocal about
I bet if you put half the stuff in a soap people would say it was very unrealistic... pregnancy COULDN'T be like that
My kicks hurt alot: especially if they are down low: she kicks me more and more each day: she wakes me up all the time... I'm going back to bed every afternoon these days just to try and get any sleep...Plus she moves the laptop too with her kicks: I think its her way of telling me to move it!
Oh and in my good news of the day: hubby got promotion for definite, company car, a rise straight away and another rise at the end of the summer And he doesn't have to go away this side of baby being born: they holding off untill afterwards which is great!! 0 -
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I noticed that too!!
But we're better than a TV soap in here, we've had non-stop drama from day one with bleeds, hospital stays, trips and falls, and even a wedding to brighten everything up!
Not to mention the day to day, pregnancy stuff that we're all very vocal about
I bet if you put half the stuff in a soap people would say it was very unrealistic... pregnancy COULDN'T be like that
My kicks hurt alot: especially if they are down low: she kicks me more and more each day: she wakes me up all the time... I'm going back to bed every afternoon these days just to try and get any sleep...Plus she moves the laptop too with her kicks: I think its her way of telling me to move it!
Oh and in my good news of the day: hubby got promotion for definite, company car, a rise straight away and another rise at the end of the summer And he doesn't have to go away this side of baby being born: they holding off untill afterwards which is great!!
That's great news hun, you really deserved something to put a smile on your face.
Agree about the loss of appetite...I'd say our stomachs are squeezed up at the this stage!
We're both taking the weeks after next off work to work on the house. Baby's room is a dumping ground full of bags of clothes to take to the charity shop, the spare bed has become a walk in wardrobe and my clothes (all 5 pieces that fit) are on top of a basket in our room. Serious reorganisation needed to make room for babs. OH also has to finish painting the stairs and landing, a job he started at Easter and I want him to make a little flower bed under our front window respectable for visitors when baby arrives! There is also a few pieces of furniture I want sanded down and repainted. I'm looking forward to being the gaffer for the week
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My appetite is pants these days...I'm just not into eating in the evening at all! I had weetabix for dinner last night :eek:
How about the "I was due in July" newborn thread I'm sure we will have a couple of June & August babies in our group!
I have my first proper ante natal class tonight...I really hope it's not awful!
It is terrible how they push breast feeding! A friend had a breast reduction & due to having her nipples moved as part of the op would never be able to breastfeed! When she was in hospital they tried to force her to try...when someone half listened to her they went oh well we can import breast milk for you :rolleyes:
Oh & congrats Cyning - that's super news for you and your other half 0 -
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Mink - I think it was from up north! She didn't take them up on the offer it was the la leche folk (not sure of the spelling) who my doc who breastfed both her children told me to ignore & not let them push me about! I have no personal experience of them myself so I'm not judging them just yet
I personally would have had concerns over their testing protocol when it came to donated milk as I used to work in the area of HIV...I'm not saying its not in place but I certainly would have had a shed load of questions You are right re breast milk & it is very difficult for mothers (from African countries) living with HIV to not breastfeed as there is so much cultural pressure on them to do so (not much different to here) esp if they do not want to share their HIV status. As long as a mothers HIV status is known during pregnancy the chance of a child being born HIV positive is very small & of those who are many test negative within a year that's the reason we were all tested for HIV amongst other things during pregnancy! 0 -
True dat!
I have a friend who's HIV and the levels of the virus are at an all time low in her system (she takes good care of herself & was on the right meds) so the doctor said to her that if she and her fiance really wanted to have kids there'd only be a miniscule chance she'd transmit the virus. She would have been put on the anti-viral meds for pregnancy and then as long as she didn't breastfeed she'd be okay.
They were flabbergasted that the doctor said this. I don't think she's going to run the risk anyway, she's 45 and has a daughter and I think she and her fiance had made their peace that they weren't going to have kids anyway.
I need to use her as a babysitter anyway so she can't be going having babies now 0 -
That's great that she has her levels so low although it came as a shock her doc is totally right. I knew several women who were pregnant & their babies were born negative as they were put on the right meds. One did test positive at birth but when the baby shed its mothers immunity (the baby was carrying the mothers antibodies) & built its own they tested negative & have remained so.
She might have lots of reasons for not wanting to try & that's fine but if she was interested in looking into it any of the support agencies around the country should be able to give her advice 0 -
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If anyone wants to have a meet up pre babies, I'm free anytime after next week if anyone even wanted to catch a movie or do coffee, I can pretty much do Carlow,Kildare,Offaly,Laois or Dublin..
Feeling sick of feeling like (a) a baby bore, (b) a whale and (c) a Part-time friend for people when there's nothing else to do...
Java I'm off on Tuesday - I have only antenatal classes on the morning in Coombe so if you will be free and in Dublin I would love to meet
I just eat whole big bowl of pasta with fresh cream and blueberries and a lot of sugar
my hubby looked at me like I was not fully aware of what I'm doing.
but I felt need to eat something like that
Can't wait for tomorrow to see Alice. 0 -
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Just back from our first proper ante natal class & have to say it was pretty good. Picked up a few bits of info I didn't know & the mid wife was pretty funny which helps
The physio is also nice so all good!
Oh & we got a hospital list...it's not as scary as some! It also says you can have an old tshirt for labour rather than a nightdress 0 -
TwoMums2Be wrote: »Just back from our first proper ante natal class & have to say it was pretty good. Picked up a few bits of info I didn't know & the mid wife was pretty funny which helps
The physio is also nice so all good!
Oh & we got a hospital list...it's not as scary as some! It also says you can have an old tshirt for labour rather than a nightdress
Yeah, i got a lot more out of the ante natal class today than I did the last one.
Just make sure the t-shirt has a deep V or buttons for skin to skin!
Sounds like they're really discouraging epidurals now, well at least in Portlaoise anyway. Never heard so much negativity about it before. Nothing that I didn't know already - can slow down labour, increase in need for instrumental delivery, but it was brought up a few times.
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Breastfeeding is next week so we will see then & labour is the week after so I guess any anti epi talk will be then! I expect the fact that women who have an epi need more attention afterwards in a baby boom may have something to do with :rolleyes:
Good point re skin to skin will have a look at varying options & see what I can come up with 0 -
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